They've always been at each other's throats. But then it all stops, and the complete opposite starts to happen. Why this sudden change of feelings? The other three Titans are not only confused... they're scared! BBxRae

Cyborg was whistling to himself as he flipped a dozen pancakes onto a
plate and then brought it to the table. Robin was reading the paper
and Starfire was setting the table for breakfast. The doors to the
common room swooshed open and in walked Raven, her hood up.

"A morning of goodness, Raven," said Starfire. "Tell me, would
you like the butter and syrup upon your pancakes or the gravy and
mustard?"

"No thank you," she said in a low, gravely voice as she made her
way into the kitchen. She grabbed her tea kettle and began to fill
it with water.

"Where's Beast Boy?" asked Robin.

"How should I know?" asked Raven, her tone unchanging.

"Well you two were inseparable the last two days," said Cyborg.
"So, we figured you would know where he is."

"My guess would be his room," said Raven putting her kettle on
the stove and turning the heat on.

"So am I to understand that you no longer have the crushes on each
other?" asked Starfire.

The doors to the common room opened up again and in walked a still
yawning, very tired Beast Boy. He sluggishly made his way over to
the table and sat down.

"A morning of goodness, Beast Boy," said Starfire.

"Morning," he said half asleep. He saw the breakfast in front of
him and asked, "These pancakes were made with soy milk, right?"

"Yeah, right," laughed Cyborg.

Beast Boy groaned and got up from his seat. "It doesn't taste
any different if you use soy milk."

"Yeah it does," said Cyborg.

"No it doesn't," said Beast Boy going into the fridge and
grabbing some tofu. He went towards the stove, but Raven was
standing in front of it, watching her kettle and waiting for the
water to boil.

"Uh, Raven, could ya move?" he asked impatiently.

"I was here first," she said dryly.

"But I'm hungry," complained Beast Boy.

"Too bad," she responded.

Beast Boy groaned and began to tap his foot faster and faster. Raven
grit her teeth and prayed that her water would boil as soon as
possible. Beast Boy kept clearing his throat and sighing very loudly
and very annoyingly. Raven was clutching her hands so tightly her
knuckles turned white.

The kettle whistled and Raven grabbed it with her bare hands and
brought it away. She didn't care if she was burning her palms, it
was better than listening to him. The other three Titans felt the
pain for her and each made a painful hiss sound. Beast Boy plopped a
pan down on the stove and began to cook.

"I'm fine," she said through her teeth. She made her tea and
then left the room.

"Geez, what's her problem?" said Beast Boy. He finished making
his breakfast and said, "I'll be in my room."

Once he was gone the three remaining Titans looked at each other and
sighed.

"Well, they're back," said Cyborg.

"And this is what we wanted, correct?" asked Starfire. They each
thought for a moment.

"This is how it's supposed to be," said Robin. "We each have
certain roles that make up our group dynamics. And if Raven and
Beast Boy weren't constantly at each others throat than one of us
would be."

"But they seem even worse than ever," said Starfire.

"They're just letting out two days worth of pent up frustration,"
said Robin. "I'm sure it'll get better in a couple days."

Raven sat on her bed reading a book. She had spent most of the
morning meditating to get her emotions back in line. She had healed
her burned hand and cursed Beast Boy under her breath. But she was
over it now and calm once more.

A series of knocks echoed on her door. She sighed and said, "Yes?"

"It's Beast Boy."

She groaned and said, "What do you want?"

"I have something to ask you."

"Fine, come in," she said closing her book.

Her door opened and in he walked. He seemed just as annoyed to be
there. "Hey, I found this and I'm not sure what to do with it."
He held up a small strip of photos. He walked over to her and
handed it to her. She looked and saw that it was from the photo
booth at the mall. She couldn't believe how she looked in the
pictures; all smiley and happy.

"I don't care," she said handing it back to him.

"Well do you want me to throw it out or what?" he asked.

"I… don't… care," she said again and reopened her book.

Beast Boy groaned and thought for a second. "Fine," he said and
ripped the strip two pictures down. "You have these two and I'll
have these." He tossed her half onto her bed and headed for the
door.

"Whatever," she said.

Beast Boy went back to his room and threw the two pictures down on
his desk. His room was starting to revert back to its messiness and
he didn't care. Right now he was totally put off by Raven.

"God, she's so stubborn," he said kicking some stuff around.
"I can't believe I was," he shuddered, "attracted to her."
He stuck his tongue out in disgust. He went over to his bed and lay
down on the bottom bunk. He stuck some headphones on and began to
listen to some music.

A minute went by and he found his eyes drifting over to his desk. He
quickly looked away and turned his volume up. Another minute when by
and he caught himself looking over at his desk again. He slapped
himself and turned over so that he was facing his wall. But even
when he wasn't looking at it, his mind kept thinking about it.
Finally he gave up, tore the headphones off, and went over to the
desk. He picked up the pictures and sat back down on his bed.

He had the upper half of the four pictures, which were the ones of
when he tucked her stray hair behind her ear and the one of them
looking away and blushing. He studied the pictures carefully.

"Dude, we look like totally different people," he laughed to
himself. "I look so… doofy. And Raven…" He studied her for
a moment. In the first picture she really didn't look like
herself. She was looking at him with such… trust. He didn't
think she had ever looked at anyone like that before. And she was
actually blushing in the second picture. Now there was a sight! And
a smile was on her face. A sweet, innocent smile. Something that
Raven would normally have never done.

Suddenly something sprang into his mind.

"Please don't forget me."

"I'm not gonna forget you."

"No, please don't forget how I am right now. Because I'll
probably never be like this again and I want you to remember that I
can be happy. When I'm all dark and creepy and you wonder
if I even have a heart, just remember this."

"I promise, Raven. I promise."

He sighed and looked at the pictures once again. He had already
forgotten. It had been less than twenty-four hours and he had
forgotten. But he had promised her and he couldn't break his
promise.

Raven read about three lines when she found her eyes wondering over
to the half strip of picture lying before her. She quickly pushed it
out of her mind and went back to her book. Again her eyes crept up
over the page of the book and looked at the pictures. She looked
away and concentrated on her book. But that didn't last long. She
finally picked the pictures up and looked at them.

"I can't believe he talked me into doing that," she said to
herself. "Pictures are so… pointless. Ugh, and look how plain I
look." She studied the pictures once more. Her two pictures were
the one of Beast Boy placing his arm around her and then both of them
finally looking into the camera and smiling together. "I actually
look comfortable. What a jerk."

She threw the picture. It flipped a few times in the air and landed
a few inches in front of her. She went back to her book and tried to
find her place. Once she did she got about three words in when she
remembered something.

"As much as we like each other right now, it's all going to go
away soon. And then we'll hate each other again."

"Raven, I could never hate you. As much as we fight and
disagree, I could never hate you. Do… do you hate me?"

"No, of course not. You're such a great person, Beast Boy."

"I'm not as great as you."

She sighed and looked at the pictures again. She really didn't
hate him, and that was the problem. As much as he annoyed her, as
much as he constantly pestered her, she just couldn't hate him.
Why was that? It was because he really was a great guy.

Her door was suddenly being pummeled by someone's fist. She was a
bit startled and jumped back. "Who is it?" she asked.

"Look, I was just thinking and… I'm sorry," he said looking
at the floor.

"Yeah, I'm sorry too," said Raven looking at her bed spread.
They stood there for a few seconds silent.

"Why can't we get along?" asked Beast Boy.

"I don't know," said Raven. "Maybe it's because we're so
different."

"But we got along really well these past few days," said Beast
Boy. "So maybe we're not as different as we think."

"Maybe," said Raven. She closed her book and got off of her bed.
She met Beast Boy in the middle of the room. "Beast Boy, I don't
want to fight with you anymore."

"I don't want that either," said Beast Boy. It grew quiet
again. "So… now what do we do?"

"I don't know," said Raven. She thought for a moment and then
said, "Do you want to try meditating again?"

Beast Boy was a little surprised by her offer, but smiled. "You
want me to meditate with you?"

"Only if you're not going to make a joke out of it," said
Raven, a slight smile on her face as she went to sit back down on her
bed.

"I promise," he said and went to join her.

They sat across from each other and closed their eyes. Once their
minds were calmed they both began to chant. Beast Boy slowly opened
one of his eyes and saw Ravens calm face, a small smile on her face.
This gave him a small smile and he closed his eye. Raven opened one
of her eyes and saw the grin on Beast Boy's face. She let her own
smile grow a little more and then she closed her eye. Maybe they
could make things work out.

The
End

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